Re: [Hampshire] Low capacity 2.5" IDE hardisk?

On Thursday 05 February 2009 08:42:59 john lewis wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 19:08:18 -0500 (EST)
>
> Andy Random <andy.random@???> wrote:
> > Anybody got any suggestions where I can source a small (under 20GB, 6
> > would do fine) 2.5" IDE hard disk?
> >
> > Second hand would be ok, if it comes from a reputable/reliable
> > source, I gave up buying HDs at auctions/on ebay a long time ago.
>
> Hi Andy
>
> I have a Hitachi 6.4Gb drive that came out of a dead Thinkpad you can
> have if all other sosurces fail. I was going to put it in a usb
> enclosure but it was too thick (ended up getting a new 250Gb sata
> drive) so it is 'surplus to requirements'

Hi, Andy,

I have a dead Thinkpad that I could cannibalise. It has presumably got a
2.5in HDD. The snag is that it is difficult for me to get to term-time LUG
meetings. And holiday ones seem to get moved into term time. :-(

Lisi